Additional Primary Source Websites

Additional primary sources from the Dust Bowl can be found on these sites:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/dust-bowl-migration/
(Images as well as audio and text sources of reactions to the Dust Bowl can be found on this page)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
(Listing of songs from the Dust Bowl Era- search song texts to view the lyrics ( read "notes" below for information about the songs), or choose to listen to the audio)

http://newdeal.feri.org/chat/chat08.htm
(President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat in which he responds to the drought conditions and resulting agricultural crisis)

http://newdeal.feri.org/survey/35348.htm
(Information on the migration following the Dust Bowl with some direct quotes from those affected)

http://newdeal.feri.org/tolan/tol04.htm
(Testimony of a migrant farmer and his family- tracing them from prosperity to migration to California)

http://newdeal.feri.org/hopkins/hop27.htm
(Report of the Great Plains Drought Area Committee with illustrations)

http://newdeal.feri.org/workrelief/hop06.htm
(A press conference with Harry Hopkins of the Work Relief Administration held on June 11, 1934 regarding the drought conditions and actions taken to provide aid)